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.........and today had to make an unexpected 1&1/2 hr each way trip through the shoddy East Sussex / Surrey roads, and all is good. Mile Munching Zeb is good at ?

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Okay back home now, been in for about an hour. Decided to make the run from Calais in one hit. Bad weather meant the Pont de Normandie was closed to caravans, motor bikes and empty HGV'S . Worse weather is forecast over the next few days.
So we pressed on to get 'ahead' of the weather front. Mind you we had to take an alternative (for that read longer) route. Then there was a diversion in the Rennes area. So left The Kent Showground at 1000hrs, and got home at 2300hrs! ........and Zeb just purred all the way

..................and the driving was shared I hasten to add

A 'mini update' not a lot going on in 'Zeb world' this week, just a little 'titivation'.

Underneath the plastic battery tray is a common little 'rust trap' on these babies. Been thinking about getting around to having a look for some time. On Friday I did & this is how I found it:


Not as bad as I've seen to be honest, just a bit of 'surface rust' really.
So clean up, then some 'Kurust' treatment which I left to do its stuff for 24hrs. Next day a couple of coats with the spray can

................and the next plan for Zeb is to fit these:


Got them whilst in England from Eurocarparts. I have wimped out of fitting them myself . Chris 'my' mobile mec' is dropping by tomorrow to 'do the biz'. Reckons a couple of hours, so that'll be 70€ labour and a tenner for his petrol All should come apart easily enough as Chris did the CV joints not to long ago...........

Paul - you wimp! Did those on mine a while back (as you know) and it's quite easy.

(Only Joking mate)

Just one tip - get the tracking done ASAP afterwards. There are bound to be very slight differences in manufacturing tolerance in the aftermarket parts, and even a very slight difference can throw the tracking out quite a lot - after I changed mine the tracking was literally off the scale.

Or better still get your mobile mech to do it at the same time - I did mine at home using a Gunson Trackright, and it worked a treat.

If you don't it will eat tyres, and these cars do get through front tyres anyway, as again I'm sure you know.

Cheers!

Oi! wachit Luxo, I resemble that remark

Yeh your're quite right I probably should DIY, but.........

Chris already mentioned 'if I do it tracking will be a must' . Not sure if he can do it here or not. Will find out tomorrow. If he can't I'll be off to Euromaster.......

Luxobarge wrote: I did mine at home using a Gunson Trackright, and it worked a treat.

Slightly off topic, but I can also recommend this device. I've used it for all my cars, classic and modern, and it's more than paid for itself.

suffolkpete wrote:

Luxobarge wrote: I did mine at home using a Gunson Trackright, and it worked a treat.

Slightly off topic, but I can also recommend this device. I've used it for all my cars, classic and modern, and it's more than paid for itself.

+1. Best £30 I ever spent, mine has paid for itself many times over. Buy one now, they're the only way to be 100% accurate in a way that even those fancy laser alignment gadgets can't match. How so? Because they tell you whether the alignment is correct when the car is moving with its weight on the wheels. Scuff plates (the engineering principle employed in the Trakrite) For the proverbial win.

Just had a look on Amazon...... Looks like the same bit of kit the chaps in the Police workshop used to use at Fareham.
My drive/ parking area is all gravel, would that affect its accuracy at all? Or do you need a solid stable ground like concrete ?

Concrete or better yet totally flat paving slabs are suitable, but the device would tend to rock about on a loose surface.